Yes, Africa Can : Success Stories from a Dynamic Continent.

Intro -- CONTENTS -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Overview -- PART I TRACKING SUCCESSFUL GROWTH EXPERIENCES -- Chapter 1 Tanzania: Growth Acceleration and Increased Public Spending with Macroeconomic Stability -- Chapter 2 Building on Growth in Uganda -- Chapter 3 Rapid Growth and Economic Transformation in Mozambique, 1993-2009 -- Chapter 4 Botswana's Success: Good Governance, Good Policies, and Good Luck -- Chapter 5 Mauritius: An Economic Success Story -- Chapter 6 Cotton Dependence in Burkina Faso: Constraints and Opportunities for Balanced Growth -- PART II POST CONFLICT SITUATIONS - BUILDING INSTITUTIONS AND GOVERNANCE -- Chapter 7 Postconflict Economic Governance Reform: The Experience of Liberia -- Chapter 8 Decentralization in Postconflict Sierra Leone: The Genie Is Out of the Bottle -- Chapter 9 Transport Infrastructure and the Road to Statehood in Somaliland -- PART III LEVERAGING SECTORAL ADVANTAGES TO EXPAND EXPORTS -- Chapter 10 Growing Mali's Mango Exports: Linking Farmers to Market through Innovations in the Value Chain -- Chapter 11 Economic Liberalization in Rwanda's Coffee Sector: A Better Brew for Success -- Chapter 12 Cocoa in Ghana: Shaping the Success of an Economy -- Chapter 13 Apparel Exports in Lesotho: The State's Role in Building Critical Mass for Competitiveness -- Chapter 14 The Success of Tourism in Rwanda: Gorillas and More -- PART IV BOOSTING AGRICULTURAL EFFICIENCY AND OUTPUT THROUGH TARGETED INTERVENTIONS -- Chapter 15 Increasing Rice Productivity and Strengthening Food Security through New Rice for Africa (NERICA) -- Chapter 16 Fertilizer in Kenya: Factors Driving the Increase in Usage by Smallholder Farmers -- Chapter 17 Malawi's Agricultural Input Subsidy Program Experience over 2005-09 -- Chapter 18 MoneyMaker Pumps: Creating Wealth in Sub-Saharan Africa.

PART V ENGAGING THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO UPGRADE INFRASTRUCTURE -- Chapter 19 ICT in Sub-Saharan Africa: Success Stories -- Chapter 20 Mobile Payments Go Viral M-PESA in Kenya -- Chapter 21 Independent Power Projects in Sub-Saharan Africa: Determinants of Success -- PART VI IMPROVING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES WITH INNOVATIVE POLICIES -- Chapter 22 Innovative Financing for Health in Rwanda: A Report of Successful Reforms -- Chapter 23 The Malaria Control Success Story -- Chapter 24 Health Extension Workers in Ethiopia: Improved Access and Coverage for the Rural Poor -- Chapter 25 Family Planning Trends in Sub-Saharan Africa: Progress, Prospects, and Lessons Learned -- Chapter 26 Achieving Universal Primary Education through School Fee Abolition: Some Policy Lessons from Uganda.

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